2023 Hunting Picture Thread

[WestKentucky]

Happy New Year!!! That means new picture thread!!! Sorry if I stole your thunder here since you created the 22 thread @Armored farmer

Let’s start this off right.



The 3030 barked and definitely connected but we couldn’t find any blood. All 11 deer got out of the field so we hope that the hit was superficial. Her grandad is going to go back first thing in the morning to look for blood. It’s a shame we couldn’t shoot when I had video rolling because of the house in the woods. The deer crossed over to the bean field and gave her a safe shot at about 50 yards. There was one she couldn’t see but I could that would have been a 20 yard broadside standing perfect shot… but such is our luck.

 

[Armored farmer]

Sorry if I stole your thunder here since you created the 22 thread @Armored farmer

You stole nothing....time does that. I am just happy to see hunting pictures!
Now that I have posted here....I will be notified when new posts are made.
Best wishes for a safe and successful 2023 season.

 

[horsemen61]

@WestKentucky best of luck to you and yours this hunting season!

 

[LonewolfMcquade]

Hope they find her deer.

 

[LoonWulf]

Technically a 2022 animal.....didnt finish processing him till this morning tho.
Big bodied velvet, filled my available space with 1 round.

Shot him about 30 seconds after setting up the tripod to check swing and lanes.

Good luck on the Deer hunt/hunting, and your whole year in general WK!

 

[Armored farmer]

This was also in the last days of 2022.... my grandkids and grand-dog.
#1 son took them to the blind with him.

 

[H&Hhunter]

Some new years fun on the first day of 2023.

 

[marksman13]

Killed a pair of yotes from the deer stand this morning. The 6.5x55 cut them no slack. Forty yards and a hundred yards respectively. Female tried to circle back to the male after the shot.

 

[Armored farmer]

I sat in a duck/goose blind this morning.
We had some fly-by"s but no shots fired.
Maybe tomorrow.

 

[Patocazador]

I sat in a duck/goose blind this morning.
We had some fly-by"s but no shots fired.
Maybe tomorrow. View attachment 1125217

I've had MANY days like that.

 

[22250Rem]

I always enjoy these hunting picture threads. New Years day was the last day of late muzzle loader / crossbow season around here and we gave it a try with the crossbows but came up empty handed. My buddy had four doe just up the hill from him but they never got close enough. If one of us had scored it would have qualified for this years thread. Squirrel is open until the end of February so that will probably be my next hunting target until Turkey season opens in May.

 

[Ks5shooter]

Good year 2023 to all. Happy healthy hunting from Steph and Don.

 

[marksman13]

Killed my first duck this morning. He made me work for it too.

 

[Patocazador]

My friend's son is on his own now and has become a hunting machine.





Those ducks weren't all his. He was hunting with 3 other guys.

 

[Southerner up North]

This was also in the last days of 2022....View attachment 1124717my grandkids and grand-dog.
#1 son took them to the blind with him.

Awesome looking duck slaying group.

Killed my first duck this morning. He made me work for it too. View attachment 1125420

Congratulations on the first. Hope there are many more

 

[Armored farmer]

Maybe we can keep this thread alive until next fall by posting off-season trail cam pics.

I'll call this the day of the cats.
The top pic is from my dad's camera, the lower one is my camera. They are about ½ mile apart.

 

[Patocazador]

I'll call this the day of the cats.

That top bobcat has a striking pelt.

 

[27hand]

Well, Ive had a decent 3/4s of a hunting season although skunked throughout.
Early archery I passed on 2 small 8 points knowing I'd seen a 12, a big 8 and a nontypical possibly an 11 point with 2 triple brow tines.
Our old mans 3 day rifle doe season came and went with no shot presentations.
our 2 week Buck / doe rifle season ended with nothing again.

No one I know had gotten a doe or buck yet which was very strange.

enter our late season archery / Flintlock season with slug guns and straight walled cartridge rifles legal for doe in special regs ares

I went up into my back yard tree stand about 3. At 5, I see a buck at 50 coming in. Damn, another small 2 point. I took my phone out to take a pic and saw more movement coming.
4 more buck came in. All small, 2 legal. #4 looked like a 9 point.
2023-01-06_08-54-33 by poofy27, on Flickr
At 20 feet up, I had 2 look up at me. The 9 point ( small rack and body) offered me a broadside presentation at just over 15 yards. I took the shot. He ran about 60 and slid downhill another 20.

The bolt passed through and I recovered it at 19 yards out.

Now, 3 buddies asked if I needed help dragging him.
I thanked them but said Id take my time and work my way up the hill the 100 yards from my house.

2 hours later I thought I should have taken them up on their offers.

At 73 years old, it was a task but I went very slowly and got him up to my truck.
I made sure my heart rate didn't get too high and got him into my truck with a plank ramp.

Cool beans. I have had backyard success now for 6 years running with my Ten Point Stealth FX4.

My old butt was kinda stiff and aching today but I got the Henry .44 out and ready for a doe next week if one would happen by.

Not sure how many I might have left in me but enjoying them while I can.

Here is a trail cam pic. The 9 is off to the right about 20 seconds before I shot him.

IMAG1312 my buck 2023 by poofy27, on Flickr

 

[marksman13]

Took my daughter on a quail “hunt” this morning. We don’t have wild birds down here anymore, so I paid for a few. She at least got to experience the dogs and the sound of wings beating through the broom sage in her grandpa’s old hunting vest. She fired exactly one shot and killed one bird.

 

[md7]

Ruts in full swing here. My daughter took an 8 point yesterday, and I took one this afternoon.

 

[GoldieMI]

2 more for the freezer

 

[nick22]

I

I Knocked this doe down during our Muzzleloader season in Ohio on the 9th. I shot her at 70 yards with a 385 grain conical bullet that was pushed by 90 grains of pyrodex select. She reacted by running off into the woods with a tucked tail and a right leg that wasn't working properly. I heard her crash not far into the woods.I gave her maybe 10 minutes and took up the trail. The blood was steady but nothing impressive. I followed it to the edge of the woods where I heard her and was able to put another shot on her and finish the job quickly. The first round entered her right rib cage maybe 4 inches behind the shoulder and got the lung and liver. The odd thing is although she was a good sized doe neither of my shots were pass throughs.

 

[BOTTOMLANDS]

My dad always comes over for our late season doe hunt to top off the freezer. We had a pretty eventful evening on the last day. I got my only one for the season and he finished off with a double.

 

[Armored farmer]

I spent the early morning on a little puddle near Lawrenceville, IL with #1 son and his duck dog Lila.

We were a little optimistic about this spot and only brought our old upland guns instead of our heavy waterfowlers.
Son did bring home one mallard thanks to his excellent dog hunting down a cripple.
Yours truly could have shot a little better I think.....but it was a great morning.

 

[BreechFace]

Now, 3 buddies asked if I needed help dragging him.
I thanked them but said Id take my time and work my way up the hill the 100 yards from my house.

2 hours later I thought I should have taken them up on their offers.

At 73 years old, it was a task but I went very slowly and got him up to my truck.
I made sure my heart rate didn't get too high and got him into my truck with a plank ramp.


View attachment 1125908IMAG1312 my buck 2023 by poofy27, on Flickr

First, of all nice buck!
Second, good on you still getting out there and doing it! Hope I'm doing that at 73!
Third, let the young men help you out, it is as much for their benefit as yours; I know I always feel good helping out others, especially those my senior!